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St John's Wells Farm, St John's Well
Holy Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St John's Wells Farm, St John's Well
Classification Holy Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 19088
Site Number NJ73NE 6
NGR NJ 7976 3665
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19088
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fyvie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ73NE 6 7976 3665
(NJ 7976 3665) St John's Well (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1959)
"A well-known name of a spring well but with no tradition, although believed locally to be an antiquity." (Shown extant on 1st edition 6" OS map.)
Name Book 1871.
The farmer at St Johns Wells recalls St John's Well, a natural spring, being filled in about 30 years ago and of which there is now no trace.
Visited by OS (ISS), 6 February 1973.
Well now excavated and extant.
Visited by OS (NKB), 3 July 1976.
